HTC G1 - Manual (Page 37)

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 37 September 8, 2008
Another way to find a contact quickly is to use the “quick scroll” tab. As soon as you start scrolling
with your fingertip, the quick scroll tab appears on the right, connected to the scroll bar. Select, then
drag the tab up or down to scroll through the alphabet rapidly. Release your fingertip when the first
letter of the name you’re looking for appears. You’ll jump to that point in the list.
From the Contacts tab, you can:
Add a contact
1 Press HOME and select Contacts . Your contact list appears.
2 Press MENU and select New contact , or press MENU + n .
3 Add all the information you want to store for this contact in the appropriate fields. You must add
some information to save a contact.
To change a default label, select the label name to open the label menu. Select a different
label or create a custom label. To add more fields, select
+ More info .
4 Assuming you have an SD card inserted with pictures on it, you can assign a Caller ID icon to
your contact by selecting the
Add icon button. The Pictures application opens. Navigate to a
picture and select it, size the cropper with your fingertips. (Read more in “Crop pictures” on
page 15.) When finished, select
Save . The picture is associated with your contact. If you do not
assign an icon, a default android icon will be assigned: .
Take action on a contact Touch & hold the contact’s name to open the context menu. From the
menu you can select to view the Contact details screen, call the contact’s
number, send a text message, add or remove a star, edit the contact
details, or delete the contact.
View contact’s online
status Directly below a contact’s name their online status displays:
- Available
- Away
- Busy
- Offline
Go to Contact details
screen Select the contact’s name to open the Contact details screen, where all
the information you’ve saved for this contact is displayed. Note that the
number with this icon is the default number for that contact.
To edit a contact’s details, press
MENU and select Edit contact .